The Walking Dead s08e09 Episode Script

Honor

1
[WALKER GROWLING]
Previously on AMC's "The Walking Dead"
Save him. Like you saved me.
- Wait.
- I liked you, Ezekiel.
Your people are gonna look
up at the sanctuary fence,
and they're going to
see their king is dead.
We can't just let them have this place.
We can.
All we need to do is survive tonight.
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
"My mercy prevails
over my wrath."
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Jerry!
S'up, Jude?!
[LAUGHS]
Hey, Rick.
Everything okay?
Just came for some of
that butternut skillet cake
- you guys make.
- [CHUCKLES]
You rode out from the
Kingdom for dessert?
Hells yah.
[CHUCKLES]
You got roped into masonry duty.
[SIGHS]
Siddiq, man.
[CHUCKLING] Dude's
impossible to say no to.
Back to it.
[SHOVELS SCRAPING]
SIDDIQ: Just go!
You don't have to do this.
[WALKER GROWLING]
[GROWLING CONTINUES]
[GRUNTING]
[TEETH CRUNCHING]
[GUNSHOT]
[GROWLS]
[GUNSHOT, THUDS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
SIDDIQ: Are you okay?
Yeah.
[BRIGHT EYES' "AT THE BOTTOM
OF EVERYTHING" PLAYS]
1, 2
1, 2, 3, 4
It's just 'til I can talk to my dad.
We must talk in every telephone
Get eaten off the web
We must rip out all the epilogues
From the books that we have read
And to the face of every criminal
Strapped firmly to a chair
We must stare, we must
stare, we must stare
We must take all of the medicines
Too expensive now to sell
Set fire to the preacher
Who is promising us hell
Into the ear of every anarchist
That sleeps but doesn't dream
We must sing, we must
sing, we must sing
It'll go like this, all right?
While my mother waters plants
My father loads his gun
He says death will
give us back to God
Just like the setting sun
Is returned to the lonesome ocean
If he's not back soon,
we'll meet him there.
Hopefully, they'll be with him.
What about Michonne?
Ah.
We must blend into the choir
Sing a static with the whole
We must memorize nine numbers
And deny we have a soul
And in this endless race for property
And privilege to be won
We must run, we must run, we must run
We must hang up in the belfry
Where the bats and moonlight laugh
We must stare into a crystal ball
And only see the past
Into the caverns of tomorrow
With just our flashlights and our love
We must plunge, we must
plunge, we must plunge
And then we'll get down there
Way down to the very
bottom of everything
And then we'll see
it, oh, we'll see it
We'll see it, we'll see it
Oh, my morning's coming back
The whole world's waking up
All the city buses swimming past
I'm happy just because
I found out I am really no one
[SHUTTER CLICKS, WHIRS]
We must talk in every telephone
Get eaten off the web
We must rip out all the epilogues
From the books that we have read
And to the face of every criminal
Strapped firmly to a chair
We must stare, we must
stare, we must stare
We must take all of the medicines
Too expensive now to sell
Set fire to the preacher
Who is promising us hell
Into the ear of every anarchist
That sleeps but doesn't dream
We must sing, we must
sing, we must sing
It'll go like this, all right?
While my mother waters plants
My father loads his gun
He says death will
give us back to God
Just like the setting sun
[MUSIC ENDS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
- [GUNFIRE]
- MAN #1: You seeing this?
WOMAN: North copies. Got shots here.
MAN #2: West, too. What are they doing?
They'll run outta ammo before
they run outta walkers.
- [GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
- I got eyes on it.
South out.
[GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
- [WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]
- They're trying to make a path.
Blocking out the walkers with bodies.
They're gonna get out.
Man, we need to tell everybody
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
South down!
Get out! Everybody, get out now!
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE]
[WOMAN SINGING OPERATICALLY OVER SPEAKERS]
[WOMAN SINGING OPERATICALLY OVER SPEAKERS]
[CLANGING]
Hey! Hey!
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[ENGINES RUMBLING]
[SOFT CLATTERING]
[WALKER GROWLING SOFTLY]
CAROL: I see it.
It got tripped up on my wire.
I got it.
[GROWLING STOPS]
The cottage is just ahead,
out of the tree-line.
It's got a wrought-iron fence.
There's food and water inside.
The Saviors don't know about it.
You'll be safe there
until I make it back with Ezekiel.
You versus all of them?
Yeah.
They don't stand a chance.
It's not just Carol.
I'm going, too.
No. You're not.
They killed my brother.
And I'm not gonna let 'em kill you.
[SCOFFS LIGHTLY] I can do it.
I can help you.
Morgan taught me the stick.
You taught me the gun.
It's not happening.
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
Come on.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS
CONTINUE, ROCKS CLATTER]
I-I don't
CARL: Dad.
- How
- Dad
it's all right.
It's gotta be.
I wasn't sure if you'd
make it back before
But just in case, you know
I wanted to make sure I
was able to say goodbye.
No. It's them. It's them.
They They don't
It wasn't
[CRYING]
Carl.
No.
I got bit.
I was bringing someone back.
His name's Siddiq.
We saw him at that gas station,
before
It wasn't the Saviors.
It just happened.
I got bit.
GAVIN: Negan's gonna kill you now.
I said he's gonna kill you.
And there's nothing
I can do to stop that.
Hey. You hear me?
I ferried my people to freedom.
What befalls me now matters not.
No. It matters, idiot.
I liked you, Ezekiel.
You got it.
You got that you couldn't do better
than you had it.
You accepted things for what they were,
and you didn't get any
big ideas in your head.
And then Rick went and
planted one right in there.
And here we are.
Shit's getting shittier.
And you're gonna die.
I made a choice I could live with.
Now it's your turn to do the same.
[WHISPERING] Henry!
Hey.
[WHISPERING] They
don't have enough people
to guard all the walls.
No, but they do have people.
- And they have Ezekiel.
- I saw him.
They got him on the
other side of this place.
We can take them.
One by one.
No, if we hit one of them,
that could call them all.
It's better just to
avoid them until we can't.
Henry.
He's here, too.
Where?
Did you see him? Do they have him?
Yeah, I saw him run this
way, and then he was gone.
But he'll hide.
He won't take them on face-to-face.
We have to do this now.
So if we have to take
them, we take them.
[GRUNTS]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANCE]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Is that better?
Yeah
Thanks.
SIDDIQ: I, um, I got these.
They're over-the-counter,
non-steroidal anti-inflammatories.
They'll, um
They'll help a little with the fever.
They did for my mom and dad.
[VOICE BREAKING] Please take them.
Your son
he should have them.
You're a doctor?
I was a resident before.
Yeah.
Your name is Siddiq?
Yes.
Did you know he was a doctor?
Is that why you brought him back?
He wasn't gonna make it alone.
He needed us.
That's why.
He was the one at the gas station.
[LOUD THUMP, ROCKS CLATTER]
[COUGHING]
Shh!
MICHONNE: Water. Give him water.
[COUGHING CONTINUES]
Easy. You got it?
Slowly, slowly.
[GRUNTING]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
Make it stop.
Make them stop.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
- I can't.
- You can.
You're one of them.
They'll listen to you.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Please.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
Please.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
You said that Hilltop's safe, right?
Yeah.
We need to get everybody there.
We can get Carl there.
And they think all of
you got away in the woods.
They're out there, looking.
They saw us go West,
so we won't go West.
Your best chance is to stay here
until they're gone.
DARYL: No.
They find us here, we're dead.
They're almost done.
They gotta be.
It wasn't about destroying the place.
They don't have the ammo for that.
After they let up,
after they're gone,
that's when we go.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE]
Okay.
We wait.
You sure going to
Hilltop's the best plan?
You got a better one?
All of you in one place, together
DARYL: All of us together
We'll be their worst damn nightmare.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[FIRE EXTINGUISHER SPRAYING]
[WHISPERING] If we don't go through 'em,
we gotta go through the courtyard.
Exposed.
This is it.
This is it.
[GRUNTS]
[FLESH TEARS]
You want me to just do it?
No.
[DOOR OPENS]
[BOTH GRUNT]
[GURGLING]
[GROANING]
No. No.
[THUDS]
[FLESH TEARS]
Got all of 'em.
They could've found Henry.
I know.
I'm not worried about them.
GAVIN: Come on, boys.
Get the damn gum off your shoes.
Let's go!
Is it gonna go bad, Ezekiel?
Is this going to turn
into something else?
EZEKIEL: You are the
author of this night, Gavin.
Its close shall be
fashioned by your start.
You left.
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANCE]
You were supposed to be resting.
I'm not tired.
Yeah.
You look great.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[SIGHS] It's gotta stop, Michonne.
It's not supposed to be like this.
I know it can be better.
[WATER DRIPPING SOFTLY]
SCOTT: Sounds like they're letting up.
Looks like you were right.
They're leaving.
DARYL: Maybe.
[SIGHS]
Want me to go take a look?
JUDITH: [COOING]
[WHISPERING] Hey. Hey.
[FOOTSTEPS]
CAROL: There.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
MAN #1: sure as shit gonna beat
living in that chemical dump.
MAN #2: Hell, you want that room.
You're gonna have to fight me for it
[WHISPERING] Leave it.
Leave it.
Hey.
- [SILENCED GUNSHOT]
- [GROANS]
Let's go.
GAVIN: Leave some room for Ezekiel.
Get him a pillow or something.
It's gonna be his last ride.
Let's at least try to
make him comfortable.
You try, and you try, and you try,
and you hope, and you
hope, and you hope.
Just wantin' things
to finally just settle.
Achieve some goddamn,
hard-fought equilibrium.
But, no.
It always comes down to this.
It always has to get dark and ugly
and inhuman.
You know I don't like this, right?
It is not too late
to walk back from something decided.
[SCOFFS LIGHTLY]
You did,
and look where it got you.
[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]
Duke. Paulie. Where you at?
[CLICKS]
Stop pickin' dingles, grab your walkie,
and respond!
[CLICKS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[CLICKS, STATIC HISSES]
Gomez?
[CLICKS]
- [CLICKS, STATIC HISSES]
- Gomez!
[CLICKS]
It is not too late to walk
back from something decided.
[GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE]
Shit. There it is.
Get him inside. Now!
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
EUGENE: I calibrate
this cooker properly,
we'll be lousy with
baked apples ad infinitum.
It would be my honor
if you considered to
be the sous to my chef.
Or I could be said sous,
and you shall surely chef.
'Til then,
this Golden Delicious
has your name on it.
Thanks, Eugene.
Thanks.
The Saviors are gone.
We can get everyone to Hilltop.
We can get Carl there.
Carl? No.
Daryl can get one of the cars.
Carl won't make
He can't leave here.
- I have to stay with him.
- Rick.
He can't.
I have to stay.
We'll both stay.
Will you
[SIGHS]
Will you take Judith?
She needs to be there.
If she
[VOICE BREAKING] If
happens
DARYL: I'll take her.
I'll get her there. I'll keep her safe.
I got this.
CARL: Let me say goodbye.
[CREAKING]
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
You be good, okay?
For Michonne.
For Dad.
You gotta honor him.
Listen when he tells you stuff.
You don't have to always.
Sometimes, kids got to
show their parents the way.
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
This was Dad's before it was mine.
Now it's yours.
[SNIFFLES]
I don't know Just
Just having it and
It always kept Dad with me.
It made me feel as strong as him.
It helped me.
Maybe it'll help you, too.
Before Mom died
she told me that I was
gonna beat this world.
I didn't.
But you will.
[JUDITH WHINES SOFTLY]
I know you will.
[CRYING]
DARYL: Here we go.
[CRYING CONTINUES]
These people.
You saved them all.
That's all you, man.
You were helping me honor my mom
Not just yours.
Mine, too.
You brought me here.
You gave me a chance.
I know I can never repay you
but I can honor you
by showing your people, your f-friends,
your your family
that what you did wasn't for nothing.
That it mattered.
That it That it meant something.
Because it did.
So that's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna honor you, Carl.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Congratulations.
You're stuck with us.
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
[CREAKING]
[FOOTSTEPS]
GAVIN: Okay.
There can't be a lot of 'em
'cause there aren't a lot left.
We got room for us
and controlled access.
Force projected on the doors, now!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
We end this, whatever the hell it is.
I gotta settle this shit
under the penalty of that goddamn bat.
You don't.
Shut up about that, okay?
This is it!
It is too late.
I'm the "author," you're the dead man,
and that's how it's gonna be.
You think I can be someone else?
This is who I am.
I live, you die This is what this is!
The petty compromises
I made to avoid conflict
were always done
in the name of saving my people's lives.
Now I realize
I was saving yours.
No more.
[THUDS]
[GUNFIRE]
Give up, or he's dead.
[THUDS]
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTS]
MAN: Aah!
[GUNFIRE]
[GRUNTS]
[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]
[GROANS]
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[GRUNTING]
MORGAN: [SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[GRUNTS]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING STOPS]
Jesus.
[GUNSHOTS]
Morgan, we should take our leave.
MORGAN: We don't need to go.
All of them are dead.
You okay?
I don't want you to be sad after this.
- Carl
- Or angry.
You're gonna have to be strong.
For my dad.
For Judith.
For yourself.
I will.
Don't carry this.
Not this part.
You're my best friend, Michonne.
[CRYING]
You're mine, too.
You're mine.
RICK: I need your help.
With what?
Getting him out of here.
[GRUNTING]
[GASPING]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
CARL: [GROANING SOFTLY]
We need to stop.
The house up ahead. We can make it.
It's okay. Just put me down here.
It's okay.
- No. We'll make it.
- Please.
There.
[GROANS]
[BREATHING QUICKLY]
[SCRAPING]
[BREATHING QUICKLY]
[SCRAPING]
[DOOR THUDS OPEN]
CARL: [BREATHING HEAVILY]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Thanks for
For getting me here.
I'm I'm sorry.
I-I just
I didn't I didn't want you out there.
- I-I
- No.
No for getting me here.
For For making it
so I could be who
Who I wound up.
[SHALLOW BREATHING]
Back at the prison
when we got attacked
there was a kid,
a little older than me.
He had a gun.
He was
He was starting to put it down,
and I-I s
I shot him.
He was He was giving it up,
and I I just
I shot him.
I think about him.
What I did to him
and how
How easy it was to just kill him.
GAVIN: [GRUNTING]
You're sick!
Only a sick man would do it like this.
You think I wanted this?
There wasn't a lot on the menu.
I ran a good crew.
I kept my word.
You ask Ezekiel I kept my word!
[GROANS]
You You could
You could go back to the Hilltop.
It's still standing.
They're keeping them going.
Just turn around.
You think you can beat Negan?
You can't.
We can go back to how it was.
We can go back
[GASPS]
No.
Carl, no.
No.
What happened
what you'd lost
[CRYING]
All those things you had to
[SNIFFLES]
All those thing you had to do
You You You You were just
You were just a boy.
And you saw it.
What it did.
How How easy it got.
You just killed all those
men because of the kid?!
Killing me won't make any of it go away.
You'll still wake up to
the same shit tomorrow.
Get up.
- [GRUNTING]
- Up.
GAVIN: Ugh! Aah!
[PANTING]
CARL: That's why you changed
why you brought those
people from Woodbury in
You brought them in, and
we all lived together.
We were enemies.
You put away your gun.
You did it so I could change,
so I could be who I am now.
What you did then
How you How you stopped fighting
it was right.
It still is.
It can be like that again.
You can still be like that again.
EZEKIEL: Morgan.
Morgan, cease this.
Relent.
Ending him is the coward's way.
We've won.
We don't have to kill him.
He will see what he has wrought,
and all of it will be his to live with.
RICK: I can't be who I was.
It's different now.
CARL: You can't kill all of 'em, Dad.
There's gotta be something after.
For you and for them.
There's gotta be something after.
Morgan, stop it.
You don't want to do
this. You don't have to.
You told me we can be better than them.
You said that to me.
You don't want to do this.
I know it. I can see it.
[CRYING] I have
I have to.
I have to.
[GURGLING]
[THUDS]
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
CARL: I know you can't see it yet
how it could be.
But I have
You have a beard.
It's It's bigger
and grayer
Michonne's happy
Judith is older,
and she's listening to the
songs that I used to before
Alexandria's bigger.
There's
There's new houses
crops
and people working.
Everybody living
helping everybody else live.
If you can still be who you were
that's how it could be.
It could.
Carl.
It was all for you.
Right from the start.
Back in Atlanta, the farm
Everything I did, it was for you.
Then, at the prison, it
was for you and Judith.
It still is.
It's gonna be.
And nothing Nothing
is gonna change that.
I want this for you, Dad.
I'm gonna make it real, Carl.
I promise.
I'm gonna make it real.
Henry.
It's okay.
It's all right.
Don't look at him. You look at me.
I had to.
You were supposed to
stay at the cottage.
This wasn't what you
were supposed to do.
This wasn't for you. Carol.
[SIGHS]
Henry.
All will be resolved.
All will be resolved.
Carl I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.
A father's job is to protect his son.
CARL: Love.
It's just to love.
[BREATHING SHALLOWLY]
[RAGGED BREATHING]
No. No.
MICHONNE: Carl
It It It It should be
I know. I know.
Somebody you love.
When you can't do it yourself.
But I still can.
[VOICE BREAKING] I grew up.
I have to do this.
Me.
I love you.
[CRYING] I love you, too.
[VOICE BREAKING] I love you, Dad.
[SNIFFLES]
[CRYING] I love you, Carl.
I love you so much.
[SOBBING]
[WHISPERING] I'll make it real.
I will.
I will.
[SILENCED GUNSHOT]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Good morning.
Well, good morning to you, darlin'.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]